I’ve never known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline.
VINCE LOMBARDIIf you can’t get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you’re in the wrong business.
More Vince Lombardi Quotes
-
-
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Mental toughness is a state of mind – you could call it character in action.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
When you are through trying to improve, you are through.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
I don’t necessarily have to like my players and associates but as their leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects the dignity of the individual. This is the strength of any organization.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Don’t succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Live as if you were living already for the second time.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The darkest moments of our lives are not to be buried and forgotten, rather they are a memory to be called upon for inspiration to remind us of the unrelenting human spirit and our capacity to overcome the intolerable.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
Choose to achieve perfection. We won’t achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
You defeat defeatism with confidence.
VINCE LOMBARDI -
While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
VINCE LOMBARDI